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When I got home, my mom had this new candy called Pür sitting on the kitchen table. Before I popped a piece in my mouth, I asked her about the flavor. Good thing I did: it wasn’t candy; it was makeup.

What’s up with body products disguising themselves as food? Have you been inside a Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics store? The soap looks and smells like ice cream. When a Lush sales clerk told me the product wasn’t edible, I initially assumed she was messing with me.

Clever marketing, I suppose. Makes me wonder what other non-edible products I could disguise as food…

Photo: Rick Lax

Your newspaper. Now with less words!

The Detroit News is now The Kidz-Only, Extra-Cartoony Detroit Newz.

What I mean is this: The photos and fonts couldn’t be any bigger—they’re taking over the front page as is. I know, I know, this reflects a larger trend in journalism…

Photo: Rick Lax

So. Much. Green.

I’ve been in Vegas for so long - away from grass for so long, away from proper trees for so long - that the street on which I grew up now looks like a Final Fantasy enchanted forest to me. My city, a biodome. I’ve really got to spend more time in the Bellagio Botanical Gardens and the Mirage Rainforest.